Pāli Dictionary

kalyāṇa

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

kusala, hita, sādhu, dhana, sāraṇīya, sārāṇīya, abhirūpa, sudassana,

Antonyms

pāpaka, pāpa

ethics

  • යහපත්; ගුණවත්; හිතකර; මංගල

  • good; virtuous; ethical; beneficial; auspicious

  • AN 10.48

    kammassako'mhi kammadāy'ādo kammayoni kammabandhu kammapaṭisaraṇo, yaṃ kammaṃ karissāmi kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā tassa dāy'ādo bhavissāmī'ti pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ

  • AN 3.27

    kiñ'c'āpi, bhikkhave, evarūpassa puggalassa na diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjati, atha kho naṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchati, kalyāṇamitto purisapuggalo kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavaṅko'ti.

  • (නාම) යහපත්කම; පින්; සදාචාරය; සුබසෙත; සුන්දරත්වය

  • (as noun) goodness; virtue; merit; good deeds; welfare; beauty

  • Dhp 116

    abhittharetha kalyāṇe, pāpā cittaṃ nivāraye, dandhañ'hi karoto puññaṃ, pāpasmiṃ ramatī mano.

  • Snp 4.16

    paññaṃ purakkhatvā kalyāṇapīti, vikkhambhaye tāni parissayāni, aratiṃ sahetha sayanamhi pante, caturo sahetha paridevadhamme.

general

  • සුන්දර; ලස්සන; මනහර; (කතාව) මිහිරි, මෘදු

  • beautiful; lovely; charming; fine; (of speech) melodious, soft, gentle

  • SN 1.78

    kim'atthakāmo na dade, kiṃ macco na pariccaje, kiṃsu muñceyya kalyāṇaṃ, pāpikaṃ na ca mocaye'ti.

kalya

approximate

kalrootyasuffix

via inflected form kalyāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kal8කාලය ගත කරනවා

general

  • සෞඛ්‍ය සම්පන්න; හොඳ මනසකින් යුත්

  • healthy; sound; fit; in good spirits

  • Snp 3.11

    disvāna deve muditamane udagge, cittiṃ karitvāna idam'avoca tattha, kiṃ devasaṅgho atiriva kalyarūpo, dussaṃ gahetvā ramayatha kiṃ paṭicca.

  • සූදානම්; හැකියාව ඇති

  • ready (for); capable (of)

  • සුදුසු; යෝග්‍ය

  • proper; suitable; fitting

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